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Two Lancaster woman were in the hospital Thursday afternoon after their cars collided the night before.
Trooper Billy Elder of the S.C. Highway Patrol said the accident occurred at 7:25 p.m. Wednesday on Taxahaw Road, about 6 miles east of the city of Lancaster.
Rebkah Helms, 21, of 9034 NC Potter Road, Lancaster, was driving a 1996 Chevy Blazer sport utility vehicle west on Taxahaw Road when she ran off the right side of the road, Elder said. She overcorrected and crossed the center line where she hit another SUV, Elder said.

Before County Council’s first meeting of the new year, three incumbent members will be sworn in for new terms.
Council members Charlene McGriff, Larry Honeycutt and Jack Estridge, who represent Districts 2, 4 and 6, respectively, will take their oaths of office at a special swearing-in ceremony at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The three were re-elected to new four-year terms in the November election.
Council officers will also be chosen at the ceremony, which will be held directly before council’s regular meeting in council chambers.

GREAT FALLS – He may be small, but Little Big Chief has a survival spirit that surpasses many adult warriors.
Born premature at 24 weeks, Scott Thomas Price has fought battle after battle since his birth on June 25.
Weighing only 1 pound, 5 ounces, the 12-inch long infant came into the world almost four months before his projected birth date.
He could be held in the palm of your hand, his grandmother, Debra Terry, said.
“Diapers made for premature babies were too large for him,” Terry said.

He’s faced with no running water, fortress-like walls and dark windows that block the sunshine.
He’s a prisoner who feels all of life’s joys and opportunities have been stripped away, yet he manages to stay positive. Through adversity, he finds himself and even discovers subtle joys amidst the pain.
This is the scenario in “Who Understands Me But Me,” a Jimmy Santiago Baca poem recited by a Lancaster County high school student at Bundy Auditorium at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.

In 2010, The Lancaster News published 164 issues. That’s a lot of your stories to tell.
We said hello to Zantwan Adams, the county’s first baby, born Jan. 2.
We lost Dr. Bill Duke, school board member Dr. Peter Barry, longtime business owner J.L. Knight, “Aunt Jo” Williams, former county councilman Gene Hudson, the Rev. N.J. Neely and countless others who made a difference.
In looking back, choosing the top feature stories for the year was quite a task.

Some folks were saying that 1944 was gonna bring changes. For me, those changes got an early start.
Dec. 25 had come and gone, but Mama decided to take down the Christmas decorations before the old year ended.
Now, this was as big deal at our house. We usually kept the tree up until New Year’s Day had passed.
To be honest, the living room Christmas cedar had seen better days and was shedding all over the hardwood floor.
When I carried it through the front door that Friday afternoon, more dried needles fell all over the front porch.

Many women and children are in serious danger in a place where they should be safe and secure- within their own home.
Domestic violence is a very serious problem in the state of South Carolina.
Annually, more than 36,000 victims report a domestic incident to law enforcement agencies around the state.
During the past 13 years, an average of 33 women have been killed each year by their intimate partner.
In South Carolina, the term domestic violence refers to violence between a male and female who are married, or share a child in common.

As an undercover drug officer, she interacted directly with narcotics dealers in some of the city’s most drug-infested areas. That job may not be highly celebrated, but it is one that can be quite dangerous.
That’s how Harlean Howard got her start with the Lancaster Police Department 20 years ago. Since then, she’s moved through the ranks, assumed more and more responsibility and will now hold the highest title of all.
Lancaster City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to appoint Howard as the department’s next police chief.

Listen up, New Year partiers. This is your fair warning: Find yourself a designated driver or stay home. Because if you drink and drive this weekend, there’s a good chance you’re going to cross paths with law enforcement officers.
The campaign taking place this weekend is called Sober or Slammer and involves a range of law enforcement organizations focused on one goal – keeping drunk drivers off the road.